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TODAY'S HEADLINES:

> Global Vote Launched to Choose 'Person of the Year'
> Ugandan Rebel Leader's Death Threatens Peace
> Kenya MP Shot Dead
> Three Aid Workers Killed in Somalia
> The Last Days of the American Republic
> Retailers Urged to Join Mediterranean Tuna Boycott
> The Ocean's Biological Deserts Are Expanding
> Bush Urged Not to Lock Successor into Iraq
> New Year's Resolutions to Stop the Spread of AIDS
> Counterinsurgency in Chiapas

> UN's global campaign for safe hospitals
> Food is getting beyond reach for Bangladeshi poor due to skyrocketing prices
> Bangladesh dolphins are not breathing easy

> World Bank Report applauds Uganda

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GLOBAL VOTE LAUNCHED TO CHOOSE 'PERSON OF THE YEAR'
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(29 jan 2008) Voting has begun to determine the winner of OneWorld's
Person of the Year award from eight finalists working to promote
human rights and prosperity around the world.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157152/7263/230170
From: OneWorld US
http://us.oneworld.net

UGANDAN REBEL LEADER'S DEATH THREATENS PEACE
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(29 jan 2008) After much speculation, the deputy leader of Uganda's
Lord's Resistance Army, Vincent Otti, is confirmed dead. Observers
maintain that Otti's absence will pose a serious obstacle to peace
talks launched Monday between the rebel groups and the Ugandan
government.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157276/7263/230170
From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
http://www.irinnews.org

KENYA MP SHOT DEAD
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(29 jan 2008) With government-opposition talks organised by former UN
secretary-general Kofi Annan due to take place in Kenya today, an MP
of the Orange Democratic Movement was shot dead and two Kenyan
military helicopters opened fired above a crowd threatening members
of the Luo tribe sheltering at a police post.

+ Paralysis as roads
cut off in fresh violence
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157298/7263/230170

THREE AID WORKERS KILLED IN SOMALIA
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(29 jan 2008) Three staff members of a leading medical charity have
been killed in the Somali town of Kismayo.

+ Ban Ki-moon deplores
killings
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157299/7263/230170
From: Médecins sans frontières
http://www.paris.msf.org/

THE LAST DAYS OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC
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(29 jan 2008) Listen to Chalmers Johnson, whose most recent books
focus on the American empire: Blowback, The Sorrows of Empireand now
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157297/7263/230170

RETAILERS URGED TO JOIN MEDITERRANEAN TUNA BOYCOTT
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(29 jan 2008) A leading conservation group has called on more
retailers to boycott Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna until the imperilled
species is out of danger.

http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157295/7263/230170
From: WWF International
http://www.panda.org

THE OCEAN'S BIOLOGICAL DESERTS ARE EXPANDING
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(29 jan 2008) Researchers report that the ocean's biological deserts
have been expanding, and they are growing much faster than global
warming models predict.

From: Science - AAAS
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157236/7263/230170

BUSH URGED NOT TO LOCK SUCCESSOR INTO IRAQ
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(29 jan 2008) SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 28 (OneWorld) - An arms control
group in Washington, DC has begun a petition drive urging Congress to
stop President Bush from signing an agreement they say could bind his
successor to continue the occupation of Iraq for another five years.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157282/7263/230170
From: OneWorld US
http://us.oneworld.net

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS TO STOP THE SPREAD OF AIDS
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(28 jan 2008) A global development organization analyzes the 'New
Year's resolutions' of the three main aid responses to the HIV/AIDS
epidemic -- the Global Fund, the HIV/AIDS Africa MAP program of the
World Bank, and the U.S. President’s Emergency Program For AIDS
Relief (PEPFAR).
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157275/7263/230170
From: Center for Global Development
http://www.cgdev.org

COUNTERINSURGENCY IN CHIAPAS
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(28 jan 2008) Since early 2007, dozens of the autonomous, indigenous
Zapatista communities in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas have
endured near-daily attacks, land invasions, and death threats,
primarily from government-endorsed paramilitary groups.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157267/7263/230170
From: In These Times
http://www.inthesetimes.com

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OneWorld South Asia

UN'S GLOBAL CAMPAIGN FOR SAFE HOSPITALS
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(29 jan 2008) Hundreds of hospitals and heath facilities get
destroyed every year by disasters. The UN has recently launched a
global campaign to ensure that the needy are not left without vital
care in the midst of an emergency.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157296/1893/230170

FOOD IS GETTING BEYOND REACH FOR BANGLADESHI POOR DUE TO SKYROCKETING PRICES
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(29 jan 2008) Bangladesh’s poor are increasingly finding it difficult
to buy food. The increase in wages across sectors over last year is
disproportionate to the overall rise in food prices, which have
increased by 27% in last four months alone. Recurring floods and
cyclones destroying standing crops have only added to the woes.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157294/1893/230170

BANGLADESH DOLPHINS ARE NOT BREATHING EASY
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(29 jan 2008) River dolphins of Bangladesh are facing a serious risk
of extinction due to over-fishing, shortage of prey, pollution, etc.
Efforts are now being made to protect them by monitoring salinity
levels of rivers and preventing accidental killings of dolphins by
fishermen.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157289/1893/230170

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OneWorld Africa

WORLD BANK REPORT APPLAUDS UGANDA
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(29 jan 2008) A World Bank report has applauded Uganda for embracing
new technologies in her development process. The report 'Global
Economic Prospects 2008: Technology Diffusion in the Developing
World' examines the state of technology in developing countries and
the pace with which it has advanced since the early 1990s.
http://africa.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/157286/610/230170

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